I am a painter working in pastels, with some oils, and acrylics. I sketch in pen and ink. As an artist my original paintings are influenced from living in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Bolivia, Peru and Chile, and travels throughout much of Canada and all our fifty States.
This is my spot for posting paintings and sketches, to muse mostly about art, life and a little about UT Baseball.

Exhibits

Thursday, February 08, 2018

Bastrop Sketchers for 529

The Bastrop Sketchers met at the library yesterday due to inclement weather. It was cool, in the high 30s and wet. Even though we were meeting inside, only three of us showed up. There has been lots of the flu and colds going around which may contribute to that as well.

We had a good time.

My choices of things to sketch fit into Scavenger Hunt 529, of course.

Number 6, tree- a sculpture outside of the library. It has something to do with before and after the fire, with helping hands or some such. I was going to read the plaque and take a photo but forgot in the cold!
Number 7, shrub - near the door to the library. A little puny but still have leaves surviving our "hard" winter.

Number 8, book - well, a few
Number 9, newspaper - an actual newspaper. At home we read on-line.

The library has some interesting architecture inside, I should have thought of that, too.

Joan and I went to lunch at the Main Street Cafe afterwards. They
have changed the place around a bit and the menu, too. They don't have
tuna salad anymore which was my favorite. They serve breakfast all
day. I had a sausage/shrimp gumbo. Very good.

Our HEB, Texas grocery chain, has a new item in the deli. It is a half sandwich on a croissant with a nice fresh salad. It is in a container divided in half. I got one turkey and one ham (thinking they were both ham). They were good and just the right size for lunch or light dinner. We did add salad dressing and some mayo to the sandwich. $4 each. A good price, too. We are lucky to have such a great store.

6 comments:

Just catching up on a few of your posts. Time seems to be disappearing quickly lately. I have too many evening meetings that are slowing down my sketch time. lol Glad you got out to the library and found some items that fit the hunt.

About Me

I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. (Link on sidebar)
"I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." --
Winston Churchill

Subscribe to Jo's Occasional Newsletter

E-mail Notice of New Blog Posts

Your email address:

Jo's Notes

If you want to look at the art without all the chatter please visit my website, jocastilloart.com

I label my posts here so if you are looking for ART you can find it easily and you can skip the few posts about family or baseball. :) You can search my blog in the search box, top left. The category labels are at the very bottom under the posts. I hope you come back soon and join in on the discussion and learning about art .. oh and UT baseball. It's all for fun.